Rail fastening



L. NAGY.

RAIL FASTENING.

APPLiCATloN FILED AUG.4.1920.

1,361,532, v Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

HNVENTOR ATTORNEY PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS NAGY, 0F TOLER, KEIN'ILU'CKYa RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application filed August 4, 1920. Serial No. 401,203.

To all w hom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis NAGY, citizen of Ilungary, residing at Toler,in the county of Pike and State of Kentucky, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Itail-Fastenings, of which the following is aspecification.

r1`his invention relates to rail fastenings, and especially to the meansused in connection with rail ties for holding the rails down on saidties.

The object of this invention is the provision of efficient, durablemeans, capable of ready replacement and repair, for securing a railroadrail to a rail tie, and for lessening the danger caused by vibration, ofthe rail becoming loosened from its fastenings.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a rail fasteningmember on which the rails will assume the proper spaced relation whensecured in place.

To attain the above and other objects, I employ the device shown in itspreferred form in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a topview of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail tie elements and Fig. 4is a perspective view of a part of the rail fastening means.

I prefer to use a concrete railroad tie l1, which is cast around a pairof fastening elements 12, to anchor said elements in said tie. Each ofsaid anchored elements is arranged so that the transverse center linethereof is substantially under the center line of each of rails-13, andeach comprises pyramidal downwardly extending projections 15 joined attheir upper extremities by a flat platelike portion 16, which hasthreaded rods 14 securely held therein and projecting upwardlytherefrom. A long plate 17 of sufficient width to allow the propernumber of rods 111-. to pass through suitable holes therein, is arrangedto rest on tie 11 and on plate portion 16, suitable notches being cut insaid plate 17 for the reception of rails 13 and of fastening angleplates 19.

A projection 18, adapted to engage the inner web surface of rail 13 isstruck from plate 17 substantially at right angles to said plates, holes21 being provided for the passage of bolts 20 therethrough for securingthe rail, angle 19 and the projection 18 together.

Nuts 22 acting against lock washers 23, serve to hold plate 17, the rail13 connected thereto and the angle plate 19 down to the rail tie 11,that part of angle plate 19 in engagement with the rail 13 being shapedto fit said rail.

After the rail tie 11 containing the element 12 anchored therein, hasbeen set in place, rails 13 may be readily secured to said tie inaccurate spaced relation, by first placing plate 17 in the properposition on said tie, then bringing the inner web face of each rail upagainst the projection 18, which is suitably shaped to fit said face,inserting angle plates 19 in the notches in plate 17 inserting bolts 20through holes 21, placing washers 23 and nuts 22 on rods 14 andtightening the various nuts and bolts, thereby firmly securing plate 17and the parts oonnected therewith to element 12 of the rail tie.

It will be seen that lifting action on the rail can not loosen said railfrom the tie, because of the peculiar shape of the parts 15, whichresist any such lifting tendencies. It will also be seen that thefastening parts can readily be replaced when necessary that the entirefastening arrangement is positive and not likely to loosen up because ofvibration, and that the rails are set at the proper gage by merelyfastening them on plate 17, as described.

What I claim is:

1. In a rail fastening device, a rail tie element comprising aplate-like top, pyramidal projections formed rigidly upon and extendingdownwardly from said top, and threadled rods fixed in and extendingupwardly from said top.

2. In a rail fastening device, a rail tie, an element comprising aplate-like top, pyramidal projections extending downwardly from said topand threaded rods extending upwardly from said top, anchored in saidtie, a rail receiving plate, a rail engaging angle plate, means forfastening said rails, plates and element together.

3. In a rail fastening device, a concrete rail tie, a base elementanchored in said tie, and means for fastening a rail to said element,comprising a rail receiving plate resting on said tie, an upwardlyextending projection on said plate adapted to engage the inner web faceof a rail, an angle plate adapted toV engage the outer Web face of saidrail, and means for fastening said rail, plates and element togethercomprising threaded rods rigid in said hase element and projectingupward through said rail receiving' plate and anchor plate, and nutsthremln ed on the ends of said bolts and hearing on said anchor plate.10

In testimony whereof I have axed my signature.

LOUIS NAG Y.

